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Glessner House B/C at Marriott Marquis Chicago

Published dimensions

Glessner House B/C is 30.2 x 8.8 m (99 x 29 ft), 266 m² (2,861 sq ft), with a 3 m (10 ft) ceiling.

Plan view

LED wall that fits

Under a 3 m ceiling with 1.5 m trim and 0.3 m clearance you get 2 rows of 500 mm tile flown, which is tight; ground-stack or go lower on trim. Along the 30.2 m wall a Absen PL2.5 Plus V2 wall runs 48 x 2 (9600 x 400 px, 749 kg, 15.4 kW).

Panel	Pitch	Wall (cols x rows)	Size	Resolution	Weight	Power (max)
Absen KLCOB 0.78	0.78 mm	40 x 3 = 120	24 x 1 m	30720 x 1296	540 kg / 1,190 lb	10.6 kW, 51 A @ 208 V
Absen PL2.5 Plus V2	2.5 mm	48 x 2 = 96	24 x 1 m	9600 x 400	749 kg / 1,651 lb	15.4 kW, 74 A @ 208 V
Absen PL3.9 Plus V2	3.9 mm	48 x 2 = 96	24 x 1 m	6144 x 256	749 kg / 1,651 lb	13.4 kW, 65 A @ 208 V

Wall sizing assumes 1.5 m trim to the bottom edge, 0.3 m clearance under the ceiling, and a wall no wider than 80% of the longest wall. Weight and power are tile totals from the panel spec sheet; add processing, rigging, and cable.

Seating estimate

After a 12 x 7 m stage, Glessner House B/C holds about 404 theater seats, 165 banquet seats at rounds of 10, or 113 classroom seats. Back row in theater is roughly 23.2 m from the downstage edge; the previz checks whether the bottom of the wall clears the heads in front.

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Published dimensions (source), fetched 2026-09-04. All rooms at Marriott Marquis Chicago · Venues in Chicago